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Jamila Naomi
Jamila Naomi
Naomi's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt. However, her aunt was soon unable to care for her. Her father was mentally ill and also unable to care for her. Her aunt contacted social services for aid, wanting to offer Naomi a brighter future, and social services then contacted Rafiki. Naomi arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2008. Her favorite subject is science because she understands that God has created her for a purpose and that her body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Naomi also enjoys science because she hopes to become a surgeon in the future! She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study to overcome evil with good, love even those who do not agree with her, and seek Jesus daily.
DOB: Sep 2, 2004
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Honorine
Both Mufasha's mother and father died when she was a young child.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Dadi
Both of Dadi’s parents died in 2005.
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Margaret
After Margaret's parents died, she lived with her impoverished grandmother who had little means to provide for her and her sister, Grace.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Eunice
Eunice's father died when she was two years old, and her mother died a year later.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s father became ill and died in 2007, and his mother also died in April 2009.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier and died before she turned 3.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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